Guide to the Collections of the West Yorkshire Archive Service, Bradford (as filmed by the AJCP), 06 January 1784-March 1973

Summary

Collection number:

M2857-M2861

Creator:

West Yorkshire Archive service. Bradford

Extent:

147 items

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Acknowledgement of use of this material should refer to the location of the original material and to the Australian Joint Copying Project.

Items from this collection should include references to the location of the original material and to the AJCP nla.obj number, which serves as the online identifier for the digital copy.

Example: M Series: Journal of Capt. James Cook, 18 February 1770, British Library Add. MS 27885 (AJCP ref: http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1234)

Availability:

Available

Access conditions:

Available for reference.

Background

Content Summary:

Transcripts of letters 1828-1851 of John and Mary Glasson referring to discovery of gold in Bookanan, New South Wales, 1851.

Letters 1944-1945 of William Moore, a naval officer serving in the Pacific, to his family referring to war news from Europe, end of war in Pacific, and visits to Canberra, Sydney and Nowra.

Papers 1929-1957 of Hirsch Family relating to their wool and yarn exporting business.

Correspondence and papers 1954-1957 relating to visits of Young Australia League boys and girls to Bradford.

Papers 1911-1918 of Edward R. Hartley, including diary kept on a voyage on board the Ionic to New Zealand in 1911 and reports of his lectures on socialism.

Records 1919-1973 of Illingworth Morris Plc, textile manufacturers, including ledger of wool shipped from Australia and correspondence with Australian banks.

Papers 1942-1945 of Harry Eaddie relating to his imprisonment at POW Camp, Changi.

Papers 1939-1945 relating to the Japanese POW Camps in Southeast Asia.

Papers 1882-1905 of William Cudworth, including journal kept on a voyage to Australia on the Parramatta 1882-1883 and letter written from Sydney.

Journal 1891-1892 of Ben Simpson kept on voyage from Hull to Melbourne.

Papers 1896-1924 of William P. Baildon including letters of Rev. J. Chalmers in New Guinea and Francis J. Bayldon in Sydney.

Related

Existence and Location of Copies:

The original AJCP microfilm of the records filmed from this collection is available at the National Library of Australia [https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn830754] as well as other institutions holding AJCP microfilm.

Existence and Location of Originals:

West Yorkshire Archive Service, Bradford. 15 Canal Road, Bradford, West Yorkshire BD1 4AT, England.For further information, see West Yorkshire Archive Service catalogue(https://www.catalogue.wyjs.org.uk/calmview/).

Conditions Governing Access:

Available for Access.

Conditions Governing Use:

Many of the records digitised as part of the AJCP are still in copyright. Readers wishing to publish or reproduce documents should seek permission, in the first instance, from the owner of the original material.

Preferred citation:

Acknowledgement of use of this material should refer to the location of the original material and to the Australian Joint Copying Project.

Items from this collection should include references to the location of the original material and to the AJCP nla.obj number, which serves as the online identifier for the digital copy.

Example: M Series: Journal of Capt. James Cook, 18 February 1770, British Library Add. MS 27885 (AJCP ref: http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1234)

Location of this collection:

National Library of Australia

Parkes Place

Canberra ACT 2600, Australia

Contact:

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